Independent American and General Advertiser (Newspaper) - May 7, 1847, Platteville, Wisconsin AND GENERAL ADVERTISER THE WORLD'S MY FILBERT WITH MY WILL wits 1 11 W T MAY 7 1847 VOL f 1 i Vli M CV IH death was begun The two igs this of Stars that of the Red Cross tossed amid the smoke of battle while 110 sky was clouded in Inaden arid the earth throb with pulsations of a n heart a t I i i V T I T i i A i Til A 1 Vt i i i i a lire on Mi i T i SPUING IS COMING is Spring ia coming O'er tho green hills merrily birds hi are humming Suddenly Gates and his oft Hymns of sweetest minstrelsy uith surprise Along the gnu Winter now roaring which they stood there a Round the realms of regions sowing J Black Horse rushing fit Bowing battle There win Loaves in his stal of this horse an 1 his r them with surprise He was a and do you mark that of 1 rips on nippers round i nostrils thai rye er hor fun i i blossoms grace ill ground f r ir io id brings that cocks P j M i V a iMo 1C in f M 5 N H I f V IV r ii r i i i -1 i IL- All r rr v i H t V bio i r N IV i iil So and i tul him but a day 11 ol ami terrible Than his colo is not than his skin more glossy than spc l But the Killer presents als strange and peculiar interest of muscular form with tiark oil in a frown a darker eye thn His lip ie 1 exposes tiis veins of bar ia with tho distant io the or left no a glance to he gfl i head the smol No waves in hii i I'm reign or hid horse i by his flgiUl'l-iri til it bl I T it is n s- his And us lior zen IB height on warrior on a the distant in the ler to strike tiring wild raven ir leas hide Rider extending a in either ore you and fly before British soldi erg I Back and face them once your the foe or T will ride you down That appeal uttered with deep indignant tones and a face convulsed with passion IB not without effect The militia man turns liis gun hie companions as if by one i pulse follow his example They Form in solid along the field and silently load their pieces they wait the of those c mies the Horse and his Rider British bayonets 1 Reserve your fire until you can touch the of their bayonets was the whispered command of the Unknown Those militia men so now regard u eight the approach of tho in silence He ia a man yet calmly and without a tremor The irow i came and nearer shooting its you can see their eyes gleam you can count ing forehead the buttons on their scarlet coats They at u pock to terrify the militia men willi j those farmers no not move an inch In twenty men in confront thirty sharp bayonets are within break of December 3 1776 men of iron fell back terrified at the night That cliff too death too cirtain Their cannot persuade to The loct the ti aid Even iron mwi among iion on rifle and of the field But look yonder this moment while a 1 ia dismay and horror Item That rider bends from j you can sue his phrenzied face now covered with F veat and duet and blood He lays hind on that shoulder 1 Come on he cries you will not fail me The rifleman knows that face that voice As though living fire had been poured into his veins lie grasps his rifle and wards the rock tbf hUMMI bf Ut i army tuning MOW M I tear Arnold won The Of wit how or hat leader on we would copy entire if eon room but we make a brief aad a bri fcr comment upon a of it Brilliant M ia the periodical it it nothing more than attainable in America art pf tbo calling that his for neither even casting over his of conflict but while shouted tho red-coat officer a neck his The British two Now the over hil that i his it a brisk on tha forward with the same i to another do you remember 1 Miy R O K V MI A thai isd after the of a who is Hill wl IIP is a the i battle This this tha antl Ms w ill unfeigned with led surprise turning to a bravo by liis sido pun le that hiu it is my th Their bayonets almost touch the muzzles of rifles At this moment tha voice of the Rider heard Now them have A was smoke is are down some writhing in o moves on j some crawling the fod some him by as sione Tho remaining ten etart jn his glossy ia no time for surprise 1 Club vonr rifles and charge them home IT ST r it is my th t he returns no loose a now j will W ly t -I l- I 111 t with to of tho j and the b with ami tlu- j an snowy thc oF v Horse and his Ridor U List of oxer his i i from ncc en his brow i hill M -i hi i in paints to thc battle anil N -o L lied i i over tho v -t iii con- Wherever the fight is p 11 arms i the intervals of the hut poor fiml glare may riding n to the scarlet that r in the unknown and the Hlack Horse by the Then a confused cry of or round the rider of the Hlack Horse ing him with hearty cheers Thus it waa all the day long Wherever that black horse and his rider went there followed victory The soldiers in every party of the seemed to know Rider for they had hailed him with shuttle obeyed his commands they after him over yonder cannon thro yonder line of bayonets His in any quarter of the field was succeeded by oad sweep of darkened by ice the Hlack l c r silo i and distant black ns 10 A that of bine was lint a j Look at him JIN with h's 7 rii ie but rn of f 5 M I- 5 A 1 5 y j rrr two n it to li 3 HT in J it- th roaiet Briton a that H 01 to a- i- dam ILM t of away oil Hid m lining of this event stoop clitT li ra lo the fate of A- Is it ti it a m should or lay arms al planing lika a 1.1 of at tins door nf his of battle 1 ir it stood the n central his And all the lc p i ring his to the utmost ISow he tiin glittering array imt in vain H can the B as it fhone over yonder fields j through the lifted fields batt ai 1 now his roved over those hard men anj then lie hears ri ler a onset a terrible charge or a struggle hand to hand with the soldiers of Was this not n strange thing 1 This hder with without a command was soldiers as though they 13 his I their They acknowledged 3 in the air him fur a leader wherever he rode they he is j followed him to death wherever he gave thc his word Now look for him again through On the of yonder the Black j e and cannon Horse stands erect on his haunches his fore- ully forward lugs pawing the nir while the rider bends on his steed over his looks towards the clouded valley The liat has fallen from the rider's with brow his face is covered with sweat nnd vl an -I binod his right hand granpa his battered n in How expressive that sight as an be in j occasional Min lights the riders brow hursc up the or a red of battle light bathes his face i as in rays of blood 1 to tlint At this moment the black steed roars i die summit of the hill look yonder from CO try a to in ly within ti after tho io an f tors of tho aro S S W S MAI C Black tho l 1 And you at Montreal 1 And ynn there on Lake Champlain Vou know have known me Have I ever spoken to you in vain 1 I speak do you see that rockl Come cnV And now look and now hold your breath B that black steed crushes up the steep rack Ah that steed alls No no Still on still up the rock stilt on toward that fortress Now look rider turns his face Come ou man of I load ou will follow 1 old riflemen nrc on the rock And up and one fierce bolt of battle with that warrior on his Black steed leading the dread d way sweep the men of the the heroes of Quebec Now pour your fires British cannon Now lay the dead upon the rock in tens t twenties Now hirelings shout your battle cry if you can For look as the battle clears way look there in the gates of the fortress fjr the Hlack Horse and his Rider The steed falls dead pierced by an dred balls but there his Rider waves the Manner of the Stars the British for quarter lie lifts up his voice and afar to Horatio Gates waiting under tells him that Saratoga it toon And As that shmit goes up to leaven he fills upon his with big shattered by a cannon ball He lays there on his dead steed bleeding tnd insensible while his hand laid over the leek of the gallant Horse still the of thc stars Who was the Rider of the Black Do you not his name t Then bend and gaze upon that shattered limb tnd you will see that it bears thc of a ormer hideous wound it must icn Now do you not guess his name 1 That wound was received at the storming if Rider of the Black Horse on the rider of the Black j ww turned to it might Horse turning from one scarred to an- other Come on yaw will not fail me He speaks in that voice which thrills their blood You were with me in the wilderness he cries to one: and you at he against any training and the of twenty a sheet fOt for no hing and the turn cannot now be Out even with competition without an international law the time mint when American author have the adit in favor He will carry thf day of i When tha old world to new English will of as lit consequence in New York u of monthlies have been in That day is fast approaching Let ca i authors if they would benefit hasten it by fixing the of th people of the country upon after all form the opinion upon very productions let them say a word for th Just now there ia a graat de- mand for the lives of the of Revolution excited perhaps by w th General Taylor You might of Wellington ho would Dot take jt Tbo American Review be- lieve pays a dollar or a la and a half a page the late Now York Review paid three at ill opening which was considered but th i publisher broke down with the ber and the age of iron without Ti ar interval to the age of II view and the Democratic pay I wo a page about equal to the North ore the opposite valley dashes Major in search of the unknown rider who sees pursues linn Black Horse e smoke now Iii this hour while the sun was iver tiie field of the Seventh of bun turns his head and the mist of battle Uy piled in appears with a laugh of scorn Still the j louds above the wall of the conquered for gallant keeps on his way in ofi tip the rock Major this man who excited the of General I Armstrong seeking for the man who might with in their hands Upon them II the contest of the w ion Benedict at the head of cor- j us look in for a moment 11 hold carried the day before clouds of ov al of British arms and now hedge hurst a band of pi a fear him that this 7th rude farmer's coats October might be a dark day for Arnold their about some matter of military the way they flee yon m- hy or the former wa now without a red-coat who cam tho office of Moss S3ion the latter alone and ward their solid front cf bayt IT I Agent w have to win for himself with his in the March -J N I I T JOHN AIN W SA VAC JAS All who to offer t cnn j through r this thick an militiamen stained with their arms by er company of rushing for- lets gleaming In the moment of their i ight a Black Gates sad and thoughtful as in all j Horse crashes over the The unknown hands THK wish lo for tl e army of his uniform he stood before his warrior reins in his on Two Cords 6T Good OAK j t watching the of armies but right in the path of this br WOOD to be delivered at Curtis Grove j ai Bt once a anise a thunder shook i militia man or which will be paid Si April M 1846 tie ground a chores of and groans Now coward an along the air The play of 1 will shoot ymi to the his haunches ther ste rider who was about to cio something He found him at last but it in lliu do torn thing the fortress on tho body of the dead At last towards the setting of the sun the steed bleeding from wound that he dis- crisis of the conflict came covered the of Benedict Arnold the That fortress yonder on Victor of was to be won or the American cause was This was not the to deliver the tost message of No for this man The fortress was to be gained or Gates i had won laurels for his brow was a dishonored man Burgoyne a j no for him rescued the Army from dis- ant General grace and defeat He wj done something That fortress can sec it HASH through the battle its will of i Therefore Armstrong brave and its lines of British cannon its 0113 as he over the wounded man forest of bayonets lifted him from among the of dead Even bold riflemen who were in: and bure him to a place of the wilderness with one Benedict Arnold Would i be credited by tinac who stormed tho walls of with this our Arnold and Montgomery on the cold 1 record with apd tot FRENCH OPINIONS OF TAYLOR The despatches character and conduct of Taylor are thin of by thu durrier des the very French paper in New York i Tho despatches of Gen Tayto a impress of and simplicity which heretofore have marked all the of this The answer made by him r Santa Anna's to at dw ret ion it worthy in rj annals of all people a mo Id of ur and courtesy These UaM so i so polite should suffice lo the whole life of bim who This sublime humility U much finer much than a parody of thu dies nnd not ai was Le report of first after tUo If repeating thc personal bin e during the the vita winch he watched and tUu si of Kentucky regiment n in seeking to spare the of Mexicans separated from the main finally lending back the two foreign from our instead of i them up u by the of war be might uve especially to lut incident the Courrier e Magnificent e icy and a l irow such a sod w of poetry r a character to heroic and where the ie cut out of the of the MR of werth t tat the popularity of the ef lias become that be te elected by if i accident befall current of universal sympathy now a all
